17 October 2012 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 17 October 2012

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S
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R
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T
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A
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S
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E
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M
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U
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D
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E
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F
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O
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G
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Q
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O
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H
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L
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N
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E
L
E
C
T
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U
N
S
H
A
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C
K
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E
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E
L
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E
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S
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L
O
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P
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R
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R
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T
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O
L
D
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A
C
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T
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S
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A
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L
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E
T
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N
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G
R
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P
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I
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S
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E
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P
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P
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R
A
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O
U
T
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A
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S
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P
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R
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N
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I
N
C
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D
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R
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I
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S
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P
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Y
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H
S
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O
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I
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T
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M
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D
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L
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T
M
I
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U
S
U
A
L
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S
A
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Y
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E
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N
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D
U
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S

Hints & Clues

Across
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Mlles., across the border : SRTAS
6
Big bird : EMU
9
Clear up, in a way : DEFOG
14
Verb in "The Raven" : QUOTH
15
PC connection : LAN
16
Word on a lawn sign : ELECT
17
Free from bondage : UNSHACKLE
19
Send sky-high : ELATE
20
Gore and Green : ALS
21
Cinema chain : LOEWS
22
Something that's good to break : PAR
23
Handed down, as lore : RETOLD
25
Stops procrastinating : ACTS
27
Frivolous gal of song : SAL
30
Aldous Huxley's school : ETON
31
Collections of like objects : GROUPINGS
33
"Silas Marner" girl : EPPIE
36
Lapsed, as a subscription : RANOUT
37
Trademark of 1899 that's no longer protected : ASPIRIN
40
Stirs up : INCITES
41
Hit the gas : SPEDUP
42
Atlas feature : INSET
43
Expose to UV waves, say : IRRADIATE
45
Connections to the WWW : ISPS
49
S.S.S. part: Abbr. : SYS
50
Devotees: Suffix : ITES
51
Exactly right : SPOTON
53
Quizzical utterances : EHS
55
See 1-Down : ROOTS
57
Coach Parseghian : ARA
58
Hoops Hall-of-Famer Thomas : ISIAH
60
Italian P.M. nicknamed Divo Giulio : ANDREOTTI
62
Uniform decoration : MEDAL
63
Excessive detail, in a text : TMI
64
Mad magazine's "___ Gang of Idiots" : USUAL
65
Smart-alecky : SASSY
66
Yet, in verse : EEN
67
Hamilton vs. Burr and others : DUELS
Down
1
With 55-Across, what the circled letters, reading clockwise, form : SQUARE
2
Brook : RUNLET
3
Throw in the direction of : TOSSTO
4
Greek capital, to airlines : ATH
5
Intend to definitely : SHALL
6
Sommer of film : ELKE
7
Viruses, worms, etc. : MALWARE
8
Intl. peace and human rights grp. : UNESCO
9
Distant regions of the universe : DEEPSPACE
10
First name in scat : ELLA
11
Is intrepid : FEARSNOT
12
Thanksgiving mo., in Canada : OCT
13
Co. that merged into Verizon : GTE
18
Salted fish : COD
24
Five Nations tribe : ONEIDA
26
Spins, rolls or draws : TURNS
28
Malaria symptom : AGUE
29
Normandy vessels of '44 : LSTS
31
Martini base, maybe : GIN
32
Ab ___ (from the beginning) : INITIO
34
In a Victorian manner : PRUDISHLY
35
Larklike songbird : PIPIT
37
Floor model caveat : ASIS
38
Nimble for one's age : SPRY
39
August meteor shower : PERSEIDS
40
Suffix with serpent : INE
42
"My treat" : ITSONME
44
Fill with gas : AERATE
46
Center of many a plaza : STATUE
47
Way in : PORTAL
48
Slimy pests : SNAILS
51
Orch. section : STR
52
Pretentious sort : PSEUD
54
Lukas of "Witness" : HAAS
56
Asgard ruler : ODIN
58
Some AOL transmissions : IMS
59
Chantey subject : SEA
61
The Cowboys of the N.C.A.A. : OSU